Why Become An Orthodontist

Bobby Unser once said, “Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.” Everyone invisions themselves being successful, but not everyone takes advantage of the opportunities handed to them to prepare themselves for success. Granting me an opportunity to take part in Chesterfield County’s Career and Technical Center would the foundation for fulfilling my ambition of becoming an Orthodontist.

Given the chance to take the Dental Occupation course at Chesterfield County’s Career and Technical Center, would be essential in furthering my opportunity into becoming an orthodontist in the near future. I have been interested in engaging in this dental program for several years now. I have heard from numerous people that taking this rigorous program has opened many doors for them. Especially the second year of the program, in which only selected students are chosen to go perform the skills they have been taught on actual patients at a dental office. Several have told me that having the chance to work on patients has given them more experience with how to interact and better their communication with patients and see how the dentist field works on a daily basis.

Being able to learn in great detail about every particular component that makes up our mouth, and then given an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge at a Dentist Office is quite something I hope to be able to undertake.

I became interested in the dentist field when I myself had braces. Watching them place the brackets on teeth, make molds, and insert colorful rubbers in between the brackets was something I became curious to see. I’m also interested in becoming a pediatric dentist because how much I cherish kids. I plan to take on a career in which I can be involved with children and have considerable skill to alleviate them in some

way.

I am the eldest child in my family, and will be the first to hopefully attend college. What motivates me to attend college and get a prominent career is my parents. They expect highly of me. Being able to acquire a career in which could help me maintain them as they begin to age is something I am aiming towards. In countless situations, my parents have had to sacrifice their time and money for my sisters and I to attend college and obtain a career in which we are intelligent and skillful in.

I consider myself to have strong communication and management skills because of my job. I work as a waiter and hostess at a nearby Italian restaurant, and being able to communicate with customers and managing the restaurant is a hassle, but something I can get done. Writing down carry-out orders on the phone and in person, sitting customers who are dining in at a table, customers coming to pay, and preparing the food all at once is overwhelming but manageable at this point. I have been working for almost a year and I assume I have acquired those skills by now of communication, management and also responsibility.

I anticipate the challenges this program requires their students to undertake once in the program. I completely understand that this dental program expects highly of their students and I am up for the task. I have been able to maintain my academic skills high, while maintaining an after school job, and being on a soccer team for the Chesterfield Strikers. The willingness to follow this program’s regulations is something I look forward to and hope to be able to demonstrate next year.